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    Pierre-Henri Clostermann DSO, DFC & Bar (28 February 1921 – 22 March 2006) was a World War II French ace fighter pilot. During the conflict he achieved...
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  • Chef Pierre Chouteau, Jr., (1789–1865), American fur trader who established the trading post of Fort Pierre (South Dakota) in 1832 Pierre Clostermann, French...
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  • highest scoring Canadian ace Richard Bong, the highest scoring US ace Pierre Clostermann, the highest scoring French ace Tetsuzō Iwamoto, Japanese Navy fighter...
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  • featuring illustrations by photographer Jordi Olavarrieta, translated by Pierre Clostermann. A 1972 parody, Marvin Stanley Pigeon, was published by Thomas Meehan...
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  • commander of Ground Defense Command of the Bangladesh Air Force. Pierre Clostermann – World War II fighter pilot and author of The Big Show Linda Corbould –...
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    following anecdote by Pierre Clostermann suggests the spirit of the times in the Free French Forces; a commander reproaches one of Clostermann's comrades for having...
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    rescued a British serviceman during the Iraq War. Flight Lieutenant Pierre Clostermann, French RAF officer, awarded RAF DFC and bar in 1945. Flight Lieutenant...
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  • show The Big Show (Le Grand Cirque), a book by French flying ace Pierre Clostermann "The Big Show", a song by Basshunter from his The Bassmachine album...
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    Volkel in support of the allied advance into Germany. French ace Pierre Clostermann, at the time a flight commander in No. 122 Wing RAF, provides a detailed...
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    the Second World War pilots who underwent training at Sywell were Pierre Clostermann and Paddy Finucane, who soloed here. Aerial shots for the film Battle...
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    two-seater trainer version was called Ameisenbär ("anteater"). French ace Pierre Clostermann claimed the first Allied combat encounter with a Pfeil in April 1945...
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    performance, with a service ceiling of 45,100 feet (13,700 m); French ace Pierre Clostermann recalls in his book, The Big Show, the successful interception of...
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  • Georges Péclet. It is based on the memoir of the same name by Pierre Clostermann. Pierre Despont is seconded to a Free French squadron flying with the...
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    Historique des avions Max Holste jusqu'à Reims Aviation (french) Interview de Pierre Clostermann, président de Reims Aviation (french) Aviation Magazine, 1973....
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  • National Gymnasium and Hiroshima Peace Memorial Museum (b. 1913) 2006 – Pierre Clostermann, French soldier, pilot, and politician (b. 1921) 2006 – Pío Leyva...
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    Archived from the original on 10 January 2022. "funeral oration", by Pierre Clostermann. Véronique Chemla, "Jacques Remlinger (1923–2002), pilote chasse de...
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  • by the World War II autobiography titled The Big Show (written by Pierre Clostermann). Baldwin's work contains allusions to other science fiction works...
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  • before being replaced by the more modern Hawker Typhoon. French ace Pierre Clostermann recalls in his book, The Big Show, that RP-3-equipped Hurricanes were...
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    Fowler flaps and spoilers for roll control. In 1970 he negotiated with Pierre Clostermann to have Reims Aviation install Robertson STOL kits onto production...
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  • such classics as It's a Wonderful Life, winner of six Academy Awards Pierre Clostermann, undergraduate studies, French WW2 flying ace, author Jess Collins...
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    Stuka Pilot, which supported the German invasion of the Soviet Union. Pierre Clostermann, a French fighter pilot, had befriended Rudel and wrote the foreword...
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    Văn Cốc Oswald Boelcke Marcel Albert Max Immelmann Mohommed Rayyan Pierre Clostermann R. Stephen Ritchie Randy "Duke" Cunningham René Fonck Richard Bong...
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  • Visibility Unlimited 1950 William Bushnell Stout So Away I Went! 1951 Pierre Clostermann The Big Show (Le Grand Cirque) 1951 Hanna Reitsch Flying is My Life...
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    Second Tactical Air Force flying Spitfires, and by the French air ace Pierre Clostermann. Command post bunker on the cliff edge Casemate No. 2 Casemate No...
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    LaFayette. Marcel Albert Pierre Clostermann The top-scoring Free French air ace in western Europe with 33 victories. Romain Gary Pierre Le Gloan Fighter pilot...
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    Cunningham Marcel Alessandri Georges Bergé Gaston Billotte Pierre Billotte Pierre Clostermann Jean-Paul David Alain Delon Vic Fatah Harold D. Harris Antoine...
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    through the low countries and into Germany. Amongst its pilots was F/L Pierre Clostermann, who flew with 3 Squadron from March 1945 until the end of the war...
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    Bollier, a posthumous recipient of the Order of Liberation Fighter ace Pierre Clostermann, a recipient of the Order of Liberation General Dwight D. Eisenhower...
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    his parachute failed to open. Tempest pilots, including French ace Pierre Clostermann, made the first Allied combat encounter with a Dornier 335 in April...
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    States Curitiba has cooperation agreements with: Lisbon, Portugal Pierre Clostermann – World War II French pilot, engineer Egon Albrecht – World War II...
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